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Iran installs giant offshore rig at Salman oilfield

Iran says it has successfully installed a giant oil drilling platform at an offshore field south of the country despite reports suggesting the country is having problems keeping its oil rigs active because of the American sanctions on the oil industry.

Energy

Iran’s leading carmaker halts production amid coronavirus surge

Iran’s leading car manufacturer the Iran Khodro Company (IKCO) has decided to halt production at all its plants after reports emerged its workers had contracted coronavirus.

Mine and Industry

WHO ’impressed’ by Iran’s handling of coronavirus

A senior official at the World Health Organization (WHO) says he has been impressed to see how Iran is fighting the spread of a coronavirus that has infected thousands of the people across the country.

Society Economy

Iran urges gov’ts to assist return of citizens stranded amid coronavirus outbreak

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called on relevant governments and airlines to help with the return of many Iranian nationals stranded abroad amid the deadly global outbreak of the novel coronavirus in line with the guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO).

Society Economy

Turkey to keep up trade with Iran despite coronavirus restrictions

Turkey has developed a formula to continue cross-border trade with Iran despite a travel ban due to the coronavirus, the country’s Hurriyet newspaper reports.

Trade

Iran skeptical about US waiver to Swiss humanitarian initiative

The governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has expressed doubts about the practicality of a decision by the US government to allow Switzerland to use Iranian finances to ship food and medicine into the country.

Trade

Iran carries out regular sanitization in public places

As the new coronavirus claims more lives in Iran, the country speeds up efforts to combat the highly-contagious disease.

Transportation

Iran reports above-average rainfall in February

Iranian authorities say rainfalls in February helped mark a higher average precipitation for the water year in the country.

Agriculture and Environment

Iran opens part of mega freeway linking capital to Caspian Sea

Iran has opened a section of a 121-km freeway linking its capital to Mazandaran province on the Caspian Sea, a feat which has challenged the country’s financial resources and technical capacity for decades.

Transportation

Iran ramps up mask production amid coronavirus surge

Iranian factories producing face masks have swung into full gear amid a surge in coornavirus cases in the country that has caused deaths for a dozen people and infected scores more.

Mine and Industry